Tire



r. E. BESSLER.

TIRE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-27, I919.

1,414,543, Patented May 2, 1922.

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' in the scope FRANK E. BESSLEBOF AKRON',- OHIO.

TIRE.

Specification of Iietters Patent. 'Y

Patented May V2, 1922.

Application led September 27, 1919. Serial No. 326,756.

To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that l, FRANK E, BEssLER, a citizen of the United States, residing-at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of (lino, have invented a new and useful Tire, of which the following is a speciication. i v

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a tire, and one object of the invention is to provide a structure of the kind above mentioned, which will not be liable to damagev through puncture.

A further object of the invention is to im.- prove the construction of the casing and the core of the tire body so that these parts will have the necessary resiliency, combined with the desired strength.'

lt is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains. `With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description prothe invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterY described and claimed, it being understood that, withof what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention,

' In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows 1n cross section, a tire constructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a side elevation wherein parts appear in section.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a resilient circumferential band 1 which preferably is made of metal. A resilient circumferential strip 2,. also made of metal, preferably, is located within the band 1 and has undulations 3 and 4, the undulations 4 being spaced from the band 1, and the undulations 3 being connected with the band by means ofsecuring elements 5. Retainers 6 engage the sides of the band 1 and the strip 2, and are provided with clincher flange-s 7 rlhe structure above lalluded to relates to a spring wheel construction, which cannot be claimed in this application. The said spring wheel construction is not abandoned or dedicated to the public, vsince it forms the basis of a claim in my co-pending for Letters Patent on a resilient application wheel, Serial No. 326,755, filed on Septr27, 1919. The retainers 6 are united by connecting members 8, which may be bolts.

The numeral 9 marks a tire casing, pref erably made of rubber and comprising a tread 10 and side wings 11, the side wings having beads 12 cooperating with the clincher flanges 7 `The tire casing 9' has a non-skid surface 14:. Disposed within the casing 9 is a core 15 made of rubber, the rubber of the core 15 being much more resilient than the rubber out of which the casing 95 is made. The core 15 includes a tread 16, which is Hat on its outer surface, and side wings 17. The side wings 17 define a cavity i i 18 in the inner curve of the core. The inside of the casing 9 carries a lining 19 which, preferably, is formed of a textile material,

ythe core 15 being completely surrounded by a similar lining. Along the tread 10 of the casing 9, and along the side wings 11 of the casing, as well as along the tread 16 of the core 15 and along the side wings 17 of the core, the linings 19 and 20 are spaced. Adjacent the longitudinal edges of the wings 17 of the core and adjacent the longitudinal edges of the wings-11 of the tread 10, the linings 19 and 20 are in contact and connected, the linings being in contact and connected, across the cavity 18 of the core. Thus, along the cavity of the core, the core is stiened up and sustained by a plurality of layers representing the sum of the layers on the casing 9 and thevlayers on the core 15, A rubber cushion 21 is located between those portions ofthe linings 19 and 20 which are spaced, as aforesaid. A breaker-strip 22 is mounted in the casing 9 and, preferably, is of sinuous form, as shown in Figurel.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is Y A tire comprising a casing including a tread and side wings; a core in the casing and comprising a tread and side wings, the side wings of the core dening a circumferential cavity in the core; a lining in the casing, and a lining on the core, the linings being spaced along the treads and the wings, and being brought together adjacent to the longitudinal edges of the wings, the linings being extended transversely of the cavity, in as myY own, I have hereto aHiXed my signaconformity to the Shape of the eavityl, t0 ture in the presenteA of two Witnesses. form a i'einfolcen'ieiit the thickness of W lich 11. H is equal to the combined thiclmessest'of 100th Y Y FRANK it' BESVSLER' 5 linings; :i cushion between the spaced porlVitneSses:y

tions of the linings. y DGROTHY C. SABIN,

In testimony that I claim the Voegoing "l MA-BEL' BENKHEUSER. 

